今天是四月一号愚人节。李华到处去找Michael, 有事商量。今天她会学到两个常用语，sketchy和sucker。+ Y* a" Q5 i Z x9 e
8 W$ S$ x+ P0 I1 B7 M; sL：Michael，和我住在一起的小陈今天打电话到我工作的地方。她说警察到家里去找我。他们说我的签证有问题。我该怎么办？我很害怕。 3 D' {. c. V2 N _2 I* b- p9 ]3 o2 I& H* ^6 I( u8 zM：What? I don't believe her. That story sounds sketchy.3 @* W$ L' t/ Y% `
y2 ~( ?! s( |% S$ kL：你说听起来什么？你不信小陈说的话？; P. {2 {% y" ^) V* v9 V
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M：That's right. I said her story is "sketchy" . That means it is suspicious and cannot be trusted. ( i2 A5 G1 _6 x. Q! d1 n) m5 x- t- a! T. l+ X8 h" @4 J5 E
L：噢，sketchy就是可疑，不可信。你怎么知道小陈说的话不可信？, A% {& h7 m$ W( w, i' J" A# @; C
* t, H. Q$ s+ ?, pM： Well, for one thing, the police usually don't care about visas. They are too busy looking for serious criminals.3 S% g0 @, z! D4 d
4 K9 I% r1 l' ~& _, XL：嗯，对呀，警察抓罪犯还忙不过来呢，他们才不管签证呢！移民局的人才是管签证的。这么说来，小陈的话是有点可疑，sketchy。 $ I* T) t6 R; o& A5 _; c! ` # w. c8 w- `7 E+ Q* t% h! SM：Also, I don't think the police or immigration officers would go to your house. That sounds very sketchy. ( B! w n7 Q- r% g" Q ) S0 Z1 r( q& _0 ?3 fL： 对，Michael， 你可真行呐！ 要是签证有问题，移民局一般会先给我一封信，他们才不会到家去找我呢。这真是越说越不可信了。3 J5 I. J2 l! a- S7 Q
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M：But if you want to know what's really sketchy, you should remember what day it is.' Q9 m6 X0 m" b
9 {) f# u7 P5 u9 w8 u) t3 jL：今天是什么日子呀？噢。。。今天是四月一号愚人节！ 哟，我的老天爷呀，我没想到小陈会跟我开这个玩笑。- B' x5 L) h$ ~3 F* r
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M：Heh heh, your roommate is pretty sketchy too, if you ask me.' E/ v5 c6 Q# Y' S4 a
8 J" ~% M* c9 v6 cL：等等，你也能说一个人sketchy? 你觉得小陈这个人不太可信？对，她的话确实是靠不住。上星期在聚会上见到的那个人，死跟着我不放，楞要送我回家，我能不能说，that guy was very sketchy?# v! h. z) b7 ]; u
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M：Yes, that guy was very sketchy. You have to be careful around sketchy people like that.7 Q8 z$ ~$ |, t D* a% [
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L：对了，我得打电话告诉小陈我没上她的当， 借你的手机用一用，行吗？+ @9 G! @, U1 F/ j- t
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: a: w" T' k6 ]' z/ HM：What did you say to your roommate just now? You were talking so fast in Chinese that I couldn't understand.2 ^' \ [ {# ^( O
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! l* f, S. E- F/ v ^; u! YL：她是什么？你是说她sketchy，是吗？ - v! I7 s9 [" x" S# I8 J: K( c' K" W# p/ t1 a" C! t* W
M：No, no... a sucker is someone who believes people who lie to her, and can be easily tricked .9 i) V/ ~" u( ^
2 q% q6 q( D1 J: ^; SL：Sucker这个词我在学校里经常听到，可就不是太清楚究竟是什么意思。原来sucker 是指很容易上当，很轻信别人的人。我一开始相信了小陈的话，那我不就是个sucker咯！ " c$ Y+ ?% B# f* _ $ |& W+ H0 n. O% cM：Sure, everyone is a sucker at one time or another... 9 R6 h; ]: [7 g( V* }; j 6 B* e( B; H# W( M8 X5 KL：那倒是的，每个人有时难免会当傻瓜。我记得你在电脑上收到很多电子邮件的广告，说你可以在家工作赚很多钱，当时你还很相信这些广告呢。You were such a sucker!+ ]1 V5 L$ F. R! I( A. ~* E1 ]
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M： Hey, my phone is ringing. Li Hua, it's for you. I think it's your roommate.+ }0 \+ J9 t) _+ J
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L：是小陈？让我跟她说话。 (李华接电话)是呀！我不管你告诉他什么。我们相爱，我们要同居。什么？我不管你说什么，我不要跟骗我的人住在一起。 (关电话)# b& k- C5 f! { F- t% W5 m0 M
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M：Your roommate is a real sucker! She still believes your story even after talking to her brother? ) y( ^4 E* B: m9 R {' Z; d S 2 A W+ C; `9 z: aL：对，他跟她哥哥通完了电话，但是还相信我要和她哥哥同居了。我看我还是给她打个电话告诉她我是在开玩笑吧，否则她会把我的东西从窗子里都扔掉的。 + C$ a, ?/ q: r7 N* S; O ' X5 g4 ?9 A& ^1 J% r今天Michael 教李华学会了两个常用语，一个是：sketchy，意思是一个人，或者是一个人说的话不可信，值得怀疑；另一个是：sucker， 指一个很轻信，很容易上当的人。这次[流行美语]就学习到这里，我们下次节目再见。& S- }/ g+ g) C1 P) }
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